5-0 final. The other matches were not finished.

Ags run record to 0-4 and try to stop the bleeding at Tulsa on Saturday.

thought that was weird, since the new rules state that all matches must be played to completion, even if in a shortened format. not that it matters, but it would have been nice if jerry would have been able to finish and win. might have been for the best though, since i'm sure the guys were emotionally drained after duke clinched it.

time to bounce back against tulsa. still not sure if it will be indoors or not...depends on the weather, but i'm guessing tulsa will want to play it indoors.

they are in kind of a down year, but they did bring in a couple solid transfers, so they are pretty deep. it will definitely be a test, but it should be the most winnable of our first 5 matches.

doc....might be a tad early to throw in the towel. Playing indoors is dicy for any team in the south that has no indoor facility to practice in. Warm weather and a home crowd will do wonders for your team. Its not how you play in jan and feb that counts its how you play in april and may.

On a side note, someone needs to build an indoor facility. If either UT or ATM builds a building to play tennis in the other will feel the pressure and build one to level the playing field. Ours is coming soon, I hope, any idea of one there?

yes, very soon.

tulsa is not down this year, this is probably their best team in the last 4 years..they havent made the ncaa's the last 3 years but they will make it this year...they have a new spanish guy who is very good and has played #1, he was 700 ATP..the soriano brothers are tough outs..will gray is capable of playing lights out or losing to anyone..camacho is a nightmare to play against b/c of antics and calls...playing them indoors is tough b/c they usually have a good crowd and those courts are about as slow as clay...this will be a battle dbls will be a big factor

You're right, they're not down but they are not a team that A&M would normally even dream about losing to...though this year it may be a tough match.

Tulsa was blanked at home recently by a pretty low-ranked Arkansas team. Granted, Arkansas is underrated and underranked (they had match points against Texas and ended up losing the last 3 singles matches to lose 4-3), but still if an Arkansas team ranked in the mid 40s (albeit, one that might end up in the top 25) can shut them out at home, then typically we would be able to do the same.

I'm agreed with your evaluation of the Tulsa team Cory -- the Spaniard is good, but Jerry should handle him with ease. We're in big trouble (as usual, it seems) at 2-4. Aside from the guys you've mentioned, they've got the Polish guy (I can't remember his name) that they play anywhere from 2-4 who is pretty salty as well. They're not trotting anything too impressive out there at 5 and 6. They've been playing a freshman, Cunningham, in both of those spots and he's got a big serve and big groundies but moves like a tree sloth and would be a great matchup for Nallon or anyone else that can keep the ball in play and move him.

I think you're right though, the doubles will be key, as I can definitely see us splitting the singles with them. A lot of pressure will be on Cass as Cory is right, this Tulsa team is probably a bubble NCAA tournament team and a loss to them would be pretty telling of where this season might go.

i should have been clearer...i meant down as in on the national scene, not as in down from their recent past. the last time i remember them even being in the low 40s was 2002 i think. i would characterize them as being in a "down" year for the last 4 years or so, when as cory said, they didn't even make the tournament.

i agree that it will come down to doubles...i think most of our matches all year will come down to doubles. i still think that this is our most winnable of the first 5 road matches...do you agree cory? i am not too worried about gray...i've seen him play below his potential more than above his potential. you never know with camacho...kinda like zarhi. and though i heard from a friend that goes to OU that this new spanish guy is awesome, i'm not worried about jerry.

no idea what the matchups will be aside from #1 since they haven't really played the same lineup more than once yet.

with all the grinders we have, how much do you think the court will hurt us?

*edit: also, where do y'all think we will be in the rankings tomorrow?

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You guys are splitting heirs..WE suck this year..plain and simple recuriting has fallen off a bunch..YOu have Jerry after that you've good players but nothing great..I mean why not just go and recruit forgien players. We don't even get the top American guys. A school as big as ours with the money should've won a NCAA title not baylors. Its quite a shame.

Don't even get me started on the womens side of things.

[This message has been edited by aggie11 (edited 2/13/2006 6:34p).]

TTT

I think you are selling the team short, simply based on the current results, all on indoor FAST courts, which we do not have in Aggieland. Our guys are an outdoor team that is playing an indoor schedule to prepare for the Indoor tournament that we did not get a bid for. Bad planning perhaps, but not necessarily a bad team.

If the courts are slow in Tulsa, then that will help the Aggies.

Perhaps we should stop moaning and get on our horses and go to Tulsa to cheer them on. They probably need some 12th man magic, not a 13th man.

[This message has been edited by Ags40luv (edited 2/17/2006 4:46p).]

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